THREE W&L ATHLETES EARN PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS

Oct 23, 2006

SALEM, Va. -- Washington and Lee garnered the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference (ODAC) Football Defensive Player of Week,
Volleyball Player of the Week and the Player of the Week for men's
soccer for the week ending October 22.

Junior cornerback Jimmy Gift (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) received
the nod as the Defensive Football Player of the Week, while senior
libero Lauren Edmonson (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) was
tabbed as Volleyball Player of the Week. Junior midfielder Travis
Short (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill) was selected as the Player of
the Week for men's soccer.

Gift, who returned an interception 73 yards for a score, led a
W&L defensive secondary that shutdown the nation's top passing
offense as the Generals downed Guilford, 34-12, for the Blue and
White's sixth-straight win. He also racked up eight tackles (seven
solo) and four pass breakups in the win. Gift was also named the
ODAC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against
Randolph-Macon, a game in which he returned a fumble 55 yards for a
touchdown.

Edmonson earns Player of the Week honors as the W&L
volleyball team improved to 21-6 overall and 9-0 in the ODAC. In a
3-0 win over Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday, she amassed a team-best
23 digs, while in a 3-1 win over Bridgewater on Saturday, she tied
her own school record with 33 digs.

Short tallied three scores on the week as the W&L men's
soccer team shutout both Emory and Henry and Randolph-Macon. In the
4-0 victory over the Wasps, Short notched a pair of goals less than
five minutes apart. He also added a goal in the 4-0 win over
R-MC.